Keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum criticized the United States.
“Taiwan’s highest core interests… Attempts at separation cannot be tolerated.”
On the 30th, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Yuxia, second in rank in the Chinese military, resolutely criticized the United States in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum, the “China’s version of the Shangri-La Dialogue.”
On this day, according to Singapore’s Union Information Report, Vice President Jang said, “Some countries are intentionally creating instability and artificially creating geopolitical conflict, making the regional situation complicated and difficult.”
He also said, “People around the world who know right and wrong hope for peace, development, cooperation, and coexistence,” and “some countries have a zero-sum game mentality, follow the jungle law of the might of the jungle, and engage in group politics that creates factions.” pointed out.
He then criticized, “(Some countries) have promoted unilateralism, filling our world with the shadow of war and humanitarian disaster.”
Vice Chairman Jang said, “Some countries have even planted spies in various places for their own private interests, artificially inciting geopolitical contradictions and complicating the regional situation by dividing sides,” adding, “They have handed the sword to others and started a proxy war, making it a fisherman’s situation.” “We are gaining,” he criticized.
Vice President Jang did not specify a specific country, but it is interpreted that he was targeting the United States.
He also said, “China has insisted that we respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, respect each other’s core interests and major concerns,” and “respect the people of each country to choose their own development paths and social systems, and respect each country’s security and reasonable “We have respected and considered concerns,” he emphasized.
He continued, “We must not force our own will and we must not place our own interests above the interests of other countries. We must not place our own security above the security of other countries, and we must not provoke other countries on important issues.”
Vice President Jiang said, “Taiwan is at the core of China’s core interests, and the one-China principle is a universal consensus (consensus) of the international community.” He added, “China will not tolerate any attempt to separate Taiwan from China and will never let it go.” “We won’t even let it go,” he warned.
Regarding the war in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Palestine, Vice President Jang emphasized, “Dialogue and negotiations are the best solution to resolve conflicts and differences of opinion,” and added, “Historically, (major) conflicts were ultimately resolved through dialogue.”
He added, “The more difficult it is, the more space must be left for peace, and the more acute the conflict, the more efforts must not be stopped for dialogue.”
He also claimed, “China has made efforts to promote dialogue and maintained an objective and fair position regarding issues such as the Korean Peninsula, Afghanistan, Syria, and the Iranian nuclear program.”
Vice President Jiang is the second-highest military official after President Xi Jinping. President Xi concurrently serves as chairman of the Party’s Central Military Commission and has overall command of the military, and two vice-chairmen, including Vice Chairman Jiang, have actual military command. The Vice President has a higher rank than the Chief of Defense.
With Li Xiangfu, China’s Minister of National Defense, recently dismissed, the Xiangshan Forum will be led by two vice-chairmen of the Military Commission.
Source: Donga
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